FIA requests Interpol to issue red warrants for Hasan, Hussain Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has written a letter to Interpol to issue red warrants for Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz.

According to private news channel, FIA has written the letter to Interpol after getting approval from interior ministry.

Hassan and Hussain Nawaz were the sons of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and they were formally declared proclaimed offender and a Pakistani court had issued permanent arrest warrants against them.

FIA has requested Interpol to issue red warrants for both Hassan and Hussain Nawaz as they were wanted by Pakistani institutions in Panama case

Hasan and Hussain Nawaz — accused in a corruption ruling that sentenced their father, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, to 11 years in prison were declared as proclaimed offenders.

Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison over a corruption ruling linked to his family’s purchase of luxury flats in London.

Nawaz’s daughter Maryam, seen as his chosen political heir, was sentenced to eight years in prison and her husband Muhammad Safdar was given a one-year jail term in a ruling many see as a blow to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party before the July 25 election.